Towing - time for my YDXL to earn its keep

[chrispitude]

Hi all,

We picked up our travel trailer this past week. I thought I'd share some pictures.

The trailer is a 2019 Jayco X23E. It has three hybrid bunks and a slideout. Dry weight is about 5200lbs (no battery, propane, etc) so travel weight will be closer to 6000lbs.



I recently did the GMT900 front brake upgrade. I painted the brackets satin black and the calipers silver before installing them.



Love that peeling GM chrome!



I bought the Trail Ridge GMT800 towing mirrors. They are power-adjust with memory, and the memory does indeed work on my Denali-trim truck. They're not level, which unfortunately makes them look kinda goofy.

 

[chrispitude]

I "installed" a DirecLink DL-100 brake controller.



I put "installed" in quotes because you could hardly call it that. It plugs into the existing OBD-II and the GM brake controller connectors, and that's it. No leveling, adjusting, calibrating, nothing.





It took maybe 5 minutes to install, and that's because I went back into the house to grab a zip-tie for the wiring.



The handset stores nicely in the dash cubby when not in use.

 

[adventurenali92]

That’s a killer setup! Good looking truck too! Looks like mine but I don’t have toe mirrors haha. I tow a roughly 6000lb sea ray occasionally for my aunt across town and back and don’t have any issues with that amount of wait behind my 06 XL ‘Nali. Yours should handle it no problem! Let us know how the trips go! And we like all the pics too!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Hi all,

We picked up our travel trailer this past week. I thought I'd share some pictures.

The trailer is a 2019 Jayco X23E. It has three hybrid bunks and a slideout. Dry weight is about 5200lbs (no battery, propane, etc) so travel weight will be closer to 6000lbs.

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I recently did the GMT900 front brake upgrade. I painted the brackets satin black and the calipers silver before installing them.

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Love that peeling GM chrome!

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I bought the Trail Ridge GMT800 towing mirrors. They are power-adjust with memory, and the memory does indeed work on my Denali-trim truck. They're not level, which unfortunately makes them look kinda goofy.

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I've read guys use shims or washers to level out the mirrors. Works good. Nice lookin ng Denali. Have any interior shots of the travel trailer?

 

[97audia4]

Interested to hear how the travel trailer pulls, I'm currently shopping 7x18 enclosed trailers for motorcycle racing.

 

[MINIz guy]

I used 3 washers up top (12 total) to level out my tow mirrors. Wish I had the longer wheelbase chassis, but I only have a Tahoe!

 

[chrispitude]

I used 3 washers up top (12 total) to level out my tow mirrors. Wish I had the longer wheelbase chassis, but I only have a Tahoe!

Did you have to trim down the material on the snap-on cover?

Also, I'm assuming it opens up an equivalent gap on the truck side of the joint. Has anyone had issues with water getting into the mirror housing through this gap?

 

[MINIz guy]

Did you have to trim down the material on the snap-on cover?

Also, I'm assuming it opens up an equivalent gap on the truck side of the joint. Has anyone had issues with water getting into the mirror housing through this gap?

Yes, trimmed down the snap cover. There is no gap, there's enough overlap that it's fine. These mirror housings aren't watertight anyway.

 

[chrispitude]

Yes, trimmed down the snap cover. There is no gap, there's enough overlap that it's fine. These mirror housings aren't watertight anyway.

Fantastic. I'll get 'er shimmed and trimmed tomorrow. Thanks!